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1	for	73	in	145	on	217	now	289	of	361	their
2	me	74	this	146	par	218	does	290	us	362	language
3	a	75	room	147	with	219	any	291	educated	363	of
4	very	76	are	148	Abbot	220	one	292	here	364	communication
5	special	77	thinking	149	and	221	of	293	barely	365	you
6	part	78	that	150	Costello	222	these	294	speaks	366	can
7	of	79	Puerto	151	of	223	things	295	it	367	tell
8	my	80	Ricans	152	my	224	make	296	most	368	that
9	being	81	have	153	generation	225	me	297	of	369	I
10	Latina	82	unusual	154	my	226	a	298	us	370	have
11	is	83	food	155	Latina	227	Latina	299	born	371	been
12	the	84	tastes	156	soul	228	obviously	300	and	372	very
13	mucho	85	some	157	was	229	not	301	bred	373	well
14	platos	86	of	158	nourished	230	because	302	here	374	educated
15	de	87	us	159	as	231	each	303	speak	375	that
16	arroz	88	like	160	I	232	of	304	it	376	antiseptic
17	gandoles	89	me	161	visited	233	our	305	very	377	description
18	y	90	do	162	and	234	Caribbean	306	poorly	378	however
19	pernir	91	part	163	played	235	and	307	if	379	does
20	rice	92	of	164	at	236	Latin	308	I	380	not
21	beans	93	my	165	my	237	American	309	had	381	really
22	and	94	Latina	166	grandmothers	238	communities	310	pursued	382	explain
23	pork	95	identity	167	house	239	has	311	my	383	the
24	that	96	is	168	with	240	their	312	career	384	appeal
25	I	97	the	169	my	241	own	313	in	385	of
26	have	98	sound	170	cousins	242	unique	314	my	386	morcilla
27	eaten	99	of	171	and	243	food	315	undergraduate	387	pigs
28	at	100	merengue	172	extended	244	and	316	history	388	intestine
29	countless	101	at	173	family	245	different	317	major	389	to
30	family	102	all	174	they	246	traditions	318	I	390	an
31	holidays	103	our	175	were	247	at	319	would	391	American
32	and	104	family	176	my	248	the	320	likely	392	born
33	special	105	parties	177	friends	249	holidays	321	provide	393	child
34	events	106	and	178	as	250	I	322	you	394	it
35	my	107	the	179	I	251	only	323	with	395	does
36	Latina	108	heart	180	grew	252	learned	324	a	396	not
37	identity	109	wrenching	181	up	253	about	325	very	397	provide
38	also	110	Spanish	182	being	254	tacos	326	academic	398	an
39	includes	111	love	183	a	255	in	327	description	399	adequate
40	because	112	songs	184	Latina	256	college	328	of	400	explanation
41	of	113	that	185	child	257	from	329	what	401	of
42	my	114	we	186	was	258	my	330	being	402	why
43	particularly	115	enjoy	187	watching	259	Mexican-American	331	a	403	individuals
44	adventurous	116	it	188	the	260	roommate	332	Latino	404	like
45	tastebuds	117	is	189	adults	261	being	333	or	405	us
46	morcilla	118	the	190	playing	262	a	334	Latina	406	many
47	pig	119	memory	191	dominos	263	Latina	335	means	407	of
48	intestines	120	of	192	on	264	in	336	for	408	whom
49	patitas	121	Saturday	193	Saturday	265	America	337	example	409	are
50	de	122	afternoon	194	night	266	also	338	I	410	born
51	cerdo	123	at	195	and	267	does	339	could	411	in
52	con	124	the	196	us	268	not	340	define	412	this
53	garbanzo	125	movies	197	kids	269	mean	341	Latinos	413	completely
54	pigs	126	with	198	playing	270	speaking	342	as	414	different
55	feet	127	my	199	Loteria	271	Spanish	343	those	415	American
56	with	128	aunt	200	bingo	272	I	344	peoples	416	culture
57	beans	129	and	201	with	273	happen	345	and	417	still
58	and	130	cousins	202	my	274	to	346	cultures	418	identify
59	la	131	watching	203	grandmother	275	speak	347	populated	419	so
60	lengua	132	Cantinflas	204	calling	276	it	348	or	420	strongly
61	y	133	who	205	out	277	fairly	349	colonized	421	with
62	orejas	134	is	206	the	278	well	350	by	422	those
63	de	135	not	207	numbers	279	but	351	Spain	423	communities
64	cuchifrito	136	Puerto	208	which	280	my	352	who	424	in
65	pigs	137	Rican	209	we	281	brother	353	maintained	425	which
66	tongue	138	but	210	marked	282	only	354	or	426	our
67	and	139	who	211	on	283	three	355	adopted	427	parents
68	ears	140	was	212	our	284	years	356	Spanish	428	were
69	I	141	an	213	cards	285	younger	357	or	429	born
70	bet	142	icon	214	with	286	like	358	Spanish	430	and
71	the	143	Spanish	215	chick	287	too	359	Creole	431	raised
72	Mexican-Americans	144	comedian	216	peas	288	many	360	as

Ordered Number	State	Hate Crimes per 100k
1	Alabama	0.00
2	Alaska	3.34
3	Arizona	5.06
4	Arkansas	3.23
5	California	3.84
6	Colorado	5.56
7	Connecticut	4.31
8	Delaware	7.70
9	Florida	1.78
10	Georgia	3.76
11	Hawaii	4.21
12	Idaho	3.97
13	Illinois	1.70
14	Indiana	3.61
15	Iowa	1.90
16	Kansas	5.48
17	Kentucky	5.93
18	Louisiana	1.71
19	Maine	7.85
20	Maryland	5.47
21	Massachusetts	11.70
22	Michigan	6.96
23	Minnesota	5.51
24	Mississippi	16.88
25	Missouri	4.29

Ordered Number	State	Hate Crimes per 100k
26	Montana	5.10
27	Nebraska	3.25
28	Nevada	1.57
29	New Hampshire	8.57
30	New Jersey	9.13
31	New Mexico	6.53
32	New York	4.75
33	North Carolina	3.86
34	North Dakota	4.08
35	Ohio	8.17
36	Oklahoma	1.43
37	Oregon	7.03
38	Pennsylvania	1.63
39	Rhode Island	2.63
40	South Carolina	6.38
41	South Dakota	4.50
42	Tennessee	2.57
43	Texas	2.58
44	Utah	1.94
45	Vermont	16.08
46	Virginia	2.10
47	Washington	13.62
48	West Virginia	9.66
49	Wisconsin	3.66
50	Wyoming	5.55

Randomly Generated Number	State	Hate Crimes per 100k

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Skill or Concept: I can . . .	Questions to check your understanding	Rating from 1 to 5
Identify the population for a given study.	1, Part A; 2, Part A
Identify the parameter of interest for a given study.	1, Part B; 2, Part B
Determine whether a sampling method is biased and explain why.	1, Part C; 2, Part C

Glossary

dotplot

a graphical display of the distribution of a quantitative variable showing the variable’s possible values and the frequency of each value.

mean

an average of the values calculated by adding the values and then dividing the total by the number of values in the dataset.

sample mean

the mean of a random sample.

simple random sample

a sample chosen by a random mechanism, without replacement, from the population so that every sample of the given size is equally likely to be chosen.

sampling frame

a numbered list of all the items in the population.

population

the group of individuals or entities that our research question pertains to.

parameter

a numerical summary measure that summarizes that population.

sample

a group of individuals or entities on which we collect data.

statistic

a numerical summary measure of a sample.

unbiased

resulting in a representative sample of the population.

biased

tending to produce samples that are not representative of the population.